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In the first midterm election of the year, with the U.S. Senate seat once occupied by President Barack Obama up for grabs, voters sent a moderate five-term congressman from a wealthy suburb to face off against a 33-year-old state Treasurer who used to play basketball with the president.
Mark Kirk, the Republican congressman, won his primary by nearly 40 percentage points, according to the Associated Press. His Democratic opponent, Alexi Giannoulias, beat former Chicago Inspector David Hoffma… Continue

So what happens when you get the job of building a community for an audience that is extremely passionate about a subject?

What do you do?

Lets face it, passionate is not a word you could use to describe all the offices or workplaces today. If you are lucky you will be surrounded by them, however this is not always the case.
Most of the work in a normal social network build is getting people inspired, proving to people that this is the place to collaborate to… Continue